Monthly Archives: July 2012

July 30, 2012 · 11:30 am

Zakka Along Week 18 :: Bread Basket

This post is part of the Zakka Style Sew Along, please visit here to catch up if you’re just joining us!

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It’s week 18 and the last week of the 3rd quarter!  WHAT?

Can you believe only 6 weeks left?

As always, the projects are so beautiful each week!

(click on the picture to be linked to each creator)

I love the uniqueness in the bags this week.   Lots of hand stitching and embellishment that have made each linen bag special.

There were 33 entries this week and the winner of the fat quarter bundle from Art Gallery is #8 AnneEliza!

Congratulations!   And thank you Art Gallery!

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This week our project is the adorable bread basket designed by Rachel Roxburgh of Roxy Creations.

Our blogger for the week is Tamiko from Patchwork Notes and I love her bread basket and how she used it while entertaining.

It really makes the serving table look extra special.

Pop over and visit her and be sure to enter her giveaway too!

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Projects that are entered this week are eligible to win a fat quarter bundle of Monterz from Cloud 9 Organics.   LOVE these cute prints!

You may begin linking up your finished Bread Baskets today through Sunday August 5th at 11:59 pm EST for a chance to win the fat quarter bundle of Monsterz by Cloud 9 fabrics.

Click on the frog picture below to link up your (one) project or to view the entries!




Also be sure to get your projects from week 13 through week 18 linked up this week if you haven’t already.  I will draw a winner from all of those projects for a $75 gift certificate to the Fat Quarter Shop!

Have a great week, Lindsey

P.S.  I’m sorry for being late this morning, we had teacher meet and greet!

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July 23, 2012 · 10:48 am

Zakka Along Week 17 :: Delightful Linen Bag

This post is part of the Zakka Style Sew Along, please visit here to catch up if you’re just joining us!

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Happy Monday!

Let’s peek at a few of last weeks projects before we jump into our new week:

(click on the picture to be linked to each creator)

There were 22 entries this week for the Cosmo thread pack and the winner is #15, Karen from Capitola Quilter!

Congrats Karen, you will love this thread!  Thank you Lecien for the wonderful prize!

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On to the next project, we are making the Delightful Linen Bag designed by Mette Robl from ErlePerle.

Our inspiring blogger this week just happens to be one of my favorite people, Amy aka Sukie!

This girl is my partner-in-crime for the sew along, love you Sukie! xx

She has made an adorable version and has an extra awesome goodie to giveaway too.   Hop over and visit her!

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Projects that are completed and entered this week are eligible to win this beautiful fat quarter bundle of Rhapsodia from Art Gallery Fabrics!

You may begin linking up your finished Linen Bag today through Sunday July 29th at 11:59 pm EST for a chance to win the fat quarter bundle of Rhapsodia!

Click on the frog picture below to link up (one) of your projects or to view the entries.



Have fun!

Lindsey

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July 18, 2012 · 11:03 pm

Sneaky the Turtle

Is this little guy (gal?) cute or what?

My husband found him hiding by our house while he was cutting the grass.

The kids have named him Sneaky.   They love going outside each morning to see if he’s still in the backyard ‘hiding’.

And, he usually is.   He’s currently made himself at home in my unused garden bed.

Hopefully he’ll hang around for a little while.

I think it will be a sad day when this little girl can’t find him in the backyard anymore.

She’s quite smitten!

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July 17, 2012 · 9:05 pm

Zakka Along, Patchwork Ribbon Inspiration

I wanted to link you all to 2 of our sew along partipants who’ve finished the patchwork ribbon.

A few people started the project and found it to be hard to deal with because of the raw edges and the fraying threads.

Linda and Simone came up with 2 alternative and creative ways to make the ribbon.

They inspired me and I thought they might inspire you to!

Visit Linda

Visit Simone

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July 16, 2012 · 9:46 pm

Paper Pieced Mini Quilt

I participated in a mini quilt swap between the Atlanta and Ireland Modern Quilt Guilds that just wrapped up.

This is the quilt I made for my lovely partner, Eva.

I was a bit intimidated in my pairing because she has such great taste and talent!

I stalked her flickr favorites and soon realized that we have very similar likes.

She had a lot of paper pieced patterns ( Ringo Pie-style) marked as favorites, and I’ve really wanted to give that style of piecing a try.

I am so glad I decided to give it a go.   What an absolute thrill to complete!

This is the type of project that gives you such a sense of satisfaction.    It’s like putting together a puzzle and as each section would come together I was straight up jumping around with excitement. ha!  I’m a total nerd!

I would have never thought I could make something so intricate.   Paper piecing is an amazing technique.

The pattern is from the Sew Out Loud quilt along from a few months ago.   All free patterns that are blow-you-away amazing!

This particular one was created by Charise from Charise Creates.    You can find it here.

Her post includes lots of tutorial links that help you get started paper piecing with freezer paper templates.

The quilt is still en route, so I hope I got it right!

Mine has arrived from Ireland and I need to get it photographed to share with you.

It’s beautiful!  (Thank you Eva!)

Thanks for visiting,

Lindsey

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· 11:29 am

Zakka Along Week 16 :: Patchwork Ribbon

This post is part of the Zakka Style Sew Along, please visit here to catch up if you’re just joining us!

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**Update: Our guest blogger for this week wasn’t able to do her post, so there will not be an inspiration post this week.   I apologize for any confusion.  Please keep Heather in your thoughts!

Hello week 16!

Last week you all made such well-dressed little elephants…

(click on the picture to be linked to the creator of each bookmark)

How cute?!

All of the modifications are so clever.  I especially love Simone’s addition of arms.   It really changes the look!

Alright, so we had 18 entries and the winner of the $15 gift certificate to the Intrepid Thread is #12, Kirsten @ Gemini Stitches.

Congratulations Kirsten and thank you so much to the Intrepid Thread!

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This weeks project is the Patchwork Ribbon designed by Melody Miller (of Ruby Star fame).

I love the unexpected usefulness of this project!  I would have never dreamed up making fabric ribbon, but it is such a great idea and would really be the cherry on top of a handmade gift.

If you decide to make some patchwork ribbon  of your own, be sure to come back and enter it for a chance to win an AMAZING prize pack of Cosmo threads from Lecien.   

You may begin linking up your finished Patchwork Ribbon today through Sunday July 22nd at 11:59 pm EST for a chance to win the Cosmo thread sampler from Lecien!

Click on the frog picture below to link up (one) of your projects or to view the entries.


Wishing you a  creative week!

Lindsey

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July 9, 2012 · 9:46 am

Zakka Along Week 15 :: Elephant Bookmark

This post is part of the Zakka Style Sew Along, please visit here to catch up if you’re just joining us!

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Welcome to week 15!

I hope everything went okay for you with the water bottle holder?

A few errors were found in the printed instructions (you can find those here) and I know that can be really frustrating.

You all still did a great job.  Here’s a sampling of the finished projects:

(click on the picture to be linked to the maker of each holder)

There were 16 entries for the fat quarter bundle of Le Femme and the winner is #11, Shelly!

Congratulations Shelly!!

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Today we move on to a new project, the Elephant Bookmark.

My oldest learned to read last year and my little girl is starting to learn, so these will be perfect for them!

Our inspiration blogger this week is Angela from Cut to Pieces.   She has made two adorable bookmarks and offers you some helpful tips too.

Stay awhile and browse through her blog, she has a lot of great tutorials and lots of eye candy!

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Projects that are completed and entered this week are eligible to win a $15 gift certificate to the Intrepid Thread.

You may begin linking up your finished bookmarks today through Sunday July 15th at 11:59 pm EST for a chance to win the $15 gift certificate to the Intrepid Thread!

Click on the frog picture below to link up (one) of your projects or to view the entries.

I look forward to seeing what you create this week!

Lindsey

P.S.   Honey Be Good has offered you all a 15% discount on your purchases with them!  Just enter LRSTITCHED at checkout.    I just got some thread in and can’t wait to use it!

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July 2, 2012 · 9:15 am

Zakka Along Week 14 :: Water Bottle Holder

This post is part of the Zakka Style Sew Along, please visit here to catch up if you’re just joining us!

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Another Monday is here, and this one just happens to be my wedding anniversary too!

I know my hubby peeks in here from time to time, so Happy 7th Anniversary love!

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Now let’s take a look at some beautiful potholders from last week:

(click on the picture to be linked to the maker of each potholder)

There were 29 entries this week for the $25 gift certificate to Sew Mama Sew and the winner is #8, Ali M.!

Thank you Sew Mama Sew and congratulations Ali!

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Today we have Amber from One Shabby Chick sharing her water bottle holder with us!

She has made 2 adorable versions for her kids and shares some helpful alterations too.

Be sure to stop over and visit her!

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Projects that are completed and entered this week will be eligible to win a fat quarter bundle of Le Femme from Robert Kaufman!

You may begin linking up your finished Stem Messenger Bag today through Sunday July 8th at 11:59 pm EST for a chance to win the Le Femme fat quarter bundle.

Click on the frog picture below to link up (one) of your projects or to view the entries.


Enjoy sewing this week!

Lindsey

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